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133 Million Tons by 2030. That’s the anticipated gap between the demand for "preferred" raw materials with low-climate impact AND available supply.   Innovators are stepping up to fill this gap. Tocco Innovation Digest: Textile Futures 2024-2025 explores groundbreaking solutions in lab-grown cotton, dye recycling, and fiber recovery — key innovations shaping a cleaner, bolder fashion sector. 📍Download here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eeq99_Jw   The Digest is curated by Textile Expert Elsa May 🌿 #tocco #MatterMind #report #download

This week — tocco is in Singapore 🇸🇬 If you happen to be in this beautiful island...Join us at Antler Singapore Office for A Founder Fireside Chat with Leon Ge D. - CEO of Tocco. Leon will share his entrepreneurial journey, from Principal at a $400M Investment Fund to Founding a Startup (you guess it — tocco, World's premier future materials & design platform) To grab a seat — it's over here 👉 https://lu.ma/d2yqf8qt #meetup #firesidechat #singapore #Tocco

📮 5 news on Materials & Design this week 📮 Burberry and Spiber Inc. made a Brewed Protein scarf 🌾 PANGAIA Launches Latest Evolution of Bio-Based Down Alternative — #Flwrdwn combines wildflowers, #biopolymer and #aerogel to create a breathable material 💐 Involving 14 partners from 8 countries, POLYMEER Project has officially begun, aiming to convert wet brewers’ spent grain (BSG) into high added value materials 🌾 Avantium’s plant-based, recyclable polyethylene furanoate (#PEF) polymer – recommended as an alternative material in #packaging, bottle, and textile production – has been released under the brand name Releaf. -- 1/ Want to stay on top of biomaterials and biodesign? Subscribe to tocco's much loved newsletter here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ewzcJytU 2/ Wish to have your story covered by tocco? Head here and submit your story here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ezvySXrg

Sneak peek from the 18th Shenzhen International Plastics and Rubber Industry Exhibition 🇨🇳 Our team is on the ground meeting with material innovators from all over the world 🌏 Some observations: 1/ A Shift Towards Bio-based and Biodegradable Resins Around 30% of the exhibitors showcased a variety of options—from traditional fossil-based solutions to #biobased and #biodegradable resins. 2/ #PLA is Making Its Mark More than Ten booths presented PLA resins with various fibres content. Some unique mixes featured PLA blended with coconut fiber waste, coffee grounds, and bamboo fiber... which proves to perform for injection and extrusion moulding. 3/ Performance > Unit Economics > Sustainability A recurring theme across the exhibition: performance and cost-efficiency lead conversations, with sustainability often mentioned but more as a complementary aspect rather than the primary driver. 4/ The Changing Role of Trade Fairs Exhibitions like these are evolving. #Digital platforms are becoming the preferred tools for matchmaking and ordering samples, making traditional fairs feel less pertinent. While it’s still a valuable networking space, the high cost of participation remains a concern for both exhibitors and attendees. We're thinking of creating a deep-dive report on PLA 👀 Ping us if you'd love to contribute / co-author ✍️ #tocco #mattermind Zishan（Suzanne） Zhuang #china

📮 5 news on Materials & Design this week 📮 from rice to tissue box by Srisang Dao Rice 🌾 Uber Eats <> Releaf Paper collab with Releaf's paper bags made from fallen leaves 🍂 Lucie Ponard's work on transforming waste into ceramics ⚱️ Magtech (David René Rodríguez) who grows cotton using hydroponic technology (soilless) 🍃 HUID making packaging materials from onion peels 🧅 -- 1/ Want to stay on top of biomaterials and biodesign? Subscribe to tocco's much loved newsletter here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ewzcJytU 2/ Wish to have your story covered by tocco? Head here and submit your story here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ezvySXrg

The tocco team is cooking up something new... 👀 Something completely not EVER been seen before. Something totally unique. Want to know before everyone else? 📍 1/ Follow tocco on LinkedIn AND/OR Instagram to never miss a beat 2/ DM Anh NG. if you have any questions 💌 #futurematters #futureunboxed #tocco #mattermind

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MESSAGE DEDICATED TO ENGINEER/ OPS / BIZ DEV SUPERSTARS ⭐ tocco team is growing fast. Join the movement 🌳 We're crafting the future with the world’s first & largest LLM-based biomaterials & biodesign platform at Tocco, aiming to revolutionise the design and production of consumer goods. We find joy in the exponential growth of innovative materials innovators joining us and the birth of multiple eco-designs, knowing that this can be translated into virgin plastics and carbon emission cuts to our planet. If you are as futuristic, optimistic, and crazy enough as we are about this cause --- way bigger than any individual one of us, the ball is in your court. We are looking for: 🕹️ Lead Engineer https://lnkd.in/e2_H794R ⚗️ Founder's Associate - Operations & Strategy: https://lnkd.in/eDKUKa_d 🔥 Founding Business Developer: https://lnkd.in/dQBY-eqi 🌏 Business Development Asia https://lnkd.in/ek9HhwzJ Opportunities open to full-remote. Tag your best pals ✌🏼 #hiring #recruitment #impactjobs #jobopportunity

It was an exciting design challenge to create a Sustainable Showcase for the #FutureMatters Event, and we couldn’t have done it without our amazing partners: RANITEX, LA CASERNE @Mother Paris, Decoroom France ⭐ Led by our in-house designer Ana Beatriz Alves, we approached the project with a focus on minimising waste, aware of the ephemeral nature of events. We’re proud to say that #FutureMatters don’t have to leave a lasting environmental impact. We rented all our furniture from Decoroom France, a company that specialises in keeping design pieces in circulation to reduce waste. We worked with @Mother.paris, who works with local partners and at the end of the event, we invited our guests to take the flowers home, giving them a new purpose. 🌺 Our signage was made from 100% recyclable aluminum, and all our printed materials were locally sourced on recycled paper. We printed on recycled polyester with the support of RANITEX, known for their eco-friendly printing solutions used by global luxury brands. A huge shoutout to the designers behind the innovations—they are the true heroes of this showcase, bringing it all to life. We were thrilled to have hors-studio and Shahar Livne Studio to demonstrate how design can be a powerful tool to push these innovations forward. #futurematters #tocco

[FUTURE MATTERS] CONGRATS TO ALL 5 WINNERS OF TOCCO FUTURE MATERIALS AWARDS 2024 🪸 Here’s to all the hard work behind these incredible innovations 🙌 ⭐ The winner of Future Material Visionary - Qwarzo ⭐The winner of Plastic-Free Pioneer Award - Cruz Foam ⭐ The winner of Waste-to-Wealth - Sustonable ⭐ The winner of Bio-based Material - Strong by Form ⭐ And last but not least- The winner of Future Matters Leader Award - PANGAIA ✨ Stay tuned for the next developments of these Winners - and their stories featured on hashtag #MatterMind - tocco's biodesign and biomaterials knowledge hub 🤫 #Tocco #FutureMatters